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1649
– The claimant King
Charles II of England and Scotland
is declared King of Great Britain, by the
Parliament of Scotland
. This move was not followed by the
Parliament of England
nor the
Parliament of Ireland
.
1685
–
James II of England and VII of Scotland
becomes
King
upon the death of his brother
Charles II
.
1778
–
American Revolutionary War
: In Paris the
Treaty of Alliance
and the
Treaty of Amity and Commerce
are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
1788
–
Massachusetts
becomes the sixth state to ratify the
United States Constitution
.
1806
–
Battle of San Domingo
: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.
1815
–
New Jersey
grants the first American railroad charter to
John Stevens
.
1819
– Sir
Thomas Stamford Raffles
founds
Singapore
.
1820
– The first 86
African American
immigrants sponsored by the
American Colonization Society
depart New York to start a
settlement
in present-day
Liberia
.
1833
–
Otto
becomes the first modern
King of Greece
.
1840
– Signing of the
Treaty of Waitangi
, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
1843
– The first
minstrel show
in the United States, The
Virginia Minstrels
, opens (
Bowery Amphitheatre
in New York City).
1851
– The largest
Australian bushfires
in a populous region in recorded history
take place
in the state of
Victoria
.
1862
–
American Civil War
: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the
Union
its first victory of the war, capturing
Fort Henry, Tennessee
in the
Battle of Fort Henry
.
1899
–
Spanish–American War
: The
Treaty of Paris
, a
peace treaty
between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the
United States Senate
.
1900
– The
Permanent Court of Arbitration
, an international arbitration court at
The Hague
, is created when the
Senate of the Netherlands
ratifies an
1899 peace conference
decree.
1914
– The
Bondetåget
, a peasant uprising in support of the monarchy, takes place in Sweden
1918
– British women over the age of 30 get
the right to vote.
1919
– The five-day
Seattle General Strike
begins.
1922
– The
Washington Naval Treaty
is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States,
Britain
, Japan, France, and Italy.
1934
–
Far-right leagues
rally in front of the
Palais Bourbon
in an attempted
coup
against the
French Third Republic
, creating a
political crisis in France
.
1942
– World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on
Thailand
.
1951
– The
Canadian Army
enters combat in the
Korean War
.
1951 –
The Broker
, a
Pennsylvania Railroad
passenger train
derails
near
Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
1952
–
Elizabeth II
becomes
queen regnant
of the United Kingdom and the other
Commonwealth realms
upon the death of her father,
George VI
. At the exact moment of
succession
, she was in a
tree house
at the
Treetops Hotel
in
Kenya
.
1958
– Eight
Manchester United F.C.
players and 15 other passengers are killed in the
Munich air disaster
.
1959
–
Jack Kilby
of
Texas Instruments
files the first
patent
for an
integrated circuit
.
1959 – At
Cape Canaveral
,
Florida
, the first successful test firing of a
Titan intercontinental ballistic missile
is accomplished.
1975
–
A crucial by-election
is held in Kankesanthurai, Sri Lanka.
1976
– In testimony before a
United States Senate
subcommittee,
Lockheed Corporation
president
Carl Kotchian
admits that the company had paid out approximately
$3 million in bribes
to the office of Japanese Prime Minister
Kakuei Tanaka
.
1978
– The
Blizzard of 1978
, one of the worst
Nor'easters
in
New England
history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
1981
– The
National Resistance Army
of
Uganda
launches an attack on a
Ugandan Army
installation in the central
Mubende District
to begin the
Ugandan Bush War
.
1987
– Justice
Mary Gaudron
is appointed to the
High Court of Australia
, the first
woman
to be appointed.
1988
–
Michael Jordan
makes his signature
slam dunk
from the
free throw line
inspiring
Air Jordan
and the
Jumpman
logo.
1989
– The
Round Table Talks
start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of
communism
in Eastern Europe.
1996
–
Willamette Valley Flood
: Floods in the
Willamette Valley
of
Oregon
, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the
Pacific Northwest
.
1996 –
Birgenair Flight 301
crashed off the coast of the
Dominican Republic
, and all 189 people inside the airplane are killed. This is the worst accident/incident involving a
Boeing 757
.
1998
– Washington National Airport is renamed
Ronald Reagan National Airport
.
2000
–
Second Chechen War
: Russia
captures
Grozny
,
Chechnya
, forcing the separatist
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
government into
exile
.
2012
– A
6.9 magnitude earthquake
hits near the central
Philippines
off the coast of
Negros Island
causing at least 51 deaths and injuring 112 others.
2013
– A
8.0 magnitude earthquake
hits the
Solomon Islands
killing 10 people and injuring 17 others.
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